Cloth measuring, cutting, and cost-computing machine.



W. E. HOSCH.

CLOTH MEASURWG, CUTTING, AND COST COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPUCATION FILED OCT-5,1914.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

4 SHEETSSHEET I.

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APPLICATION HLED OCT 1, I914 4 SHELIS SHEET 2 sch y a 4 SHEEIS-SHEET 3-Putenhwl (M. 17,1916.

W. E. HOSCH.

CLOTH MEASURING, cunmc, AND COST commune MACHINE.

APPElCATlQN HLED OCT 5. 39%.

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CLOTH MEASURING, cunma, AND COST LOMPUJING MACHINE.

APPLICATEON men ocrfs. 1914.

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Jlfifnessem W4) fil UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER E. nbsca, or s'r. moms. mssoenr.

CLOTH MEASURING, CUTTING. AND COST-COMPUTING MACHINE.

Application filed October 5, 1914.

1' 0 all wlumt it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VAL'rnn I5. Hoscn, a citizen of the l'nited States.residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri. have inventednew and useful Improvements in Cloth Measuring. Cutting. andost-Coniputing lvlachines. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothmeasuring, cutting and cost-computing machines. and has for its generalobject, to provide a machine of this type which will permit cloth to hemeasured by simply passing the same through the machine until therequired length of cloth has been measilred oil, without the necessityat setting the machine to measure a definite length of cloth: also toprovide a machine which will permit the length and cost of remnants ofcioth to be readily ascertained by simply drawing the cloth through themachine, which latter will he operated while the cloth is movingtherethrough. and when the end of the cloth passes out of the machine,will cease movement. the indicating and computing devices showingrespectively. the length of the remnant down to inches, and the costthereof, to the nearest quarter. or other fractional part of a yard:also to provide a machine of this character which will he operated bydrawing the cloth through the same to indicate the length and cost ofany given length of material. and the movement of which machine may bereversed by simply drawing the cloth through the machine in the oppositedirection to that in which it was first drawn through the machii'ie. in

the event the clerk should inadvertentlyv measure of; a greater lengthof material than was requested. or the customer-should decide upon aless amount of the cloth than that. first measured off: and which. assoon as the movement of the cloth therethrough in either direction isstopped. will indi -ate the length of material passed through the machine. and the. cost thereof: also to provide a machine of this typewhich shall he simple :yfnl compact in construction, and reliable inoperation. and one which may he economically inalnlfnctured.

With the ahovi general objects in view, the invention comprises.essentially. an indiciting devicc. having a dial with two circilarseries oi figures arranged thcreon. and two hands adapted to niove overthe dial Specification of Letters Patent.

atented Oct. 17. 1916..

Eerie-1N0. 865.066.

in the manner of the hands of a. clock; one hand hcing dcsignei'l todesignate the ligui ca o1 one series. which indicate yards. and thesecond hand to designate thc figures in th other series. which indicateinches; means for turning said hands operated lay the. movement of clothdrawn through the machlne; .ineans permitting the ready resetting of thehands to the zero position. after each measuring operation: a cost indicatiug drum. and means for operating the same simnltanco:oily and insvnchronisin with the movement of the hands over the dial.

Cornhined with the :ll ove teatures of the machine. is a cutting devicewhich. while not in itself being a novel idea. embodies certain novelFeatures of miu'ietruction which constitute suhsidiarv but importantfeatures of the present in vention.

In ti 1 :n-rompanying drawing. Figure l. is a plan view of the machinewith a portion of the top thereof hrohcn away to illustrate a portion olone oi' the fiiction rolls: Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation. atpin-(ion ot' the top of the casing hcing hrokcn awav to in dicatecertain parts of th driving flHtllzP nism; l ig. 3 i a side view partlyin section and partly in elevation: Fig. 4 is a fragnmnL-inv section onthe tine -l---lol' Fig. 3: l ig. 5 is a similar view on the line :1; ofFig. ll: and l ig. I3. is a detail liagn'icntarv view of a portion ofthe computing drum.

Referring now to the drawings tic metal '1 indicates a (ac-Eng ill whichl li::.1.-ithe stcoinputing drum and the gcarii. for'inn-ratnig thesame: and the numeral L indi'atea a h using supported on and secured tothe top of casing l. and in which is housed the gcarin; or drivingmechanism which secures the nnuclneut of the hands over the indicatingdial. and ihcrotatior of the cost-com]:uting drum. by the passing oi"the material to he measured through tin machine.

The casing "J has an integral. laterallyprojecting portion I3. Mountedon the top of casing l. and extending paciliei with. but at a distancefrom the projecting poition 3. is a sup dcnientarv housing 4. liloconstruction providing a space .3 ldtWtPl'l the parts 3 and l. asclearly shonn in his. 2. Located in the housing 4 is a :irhhri roller(1. prci'cralllv oi rnllhcr. which pro iecis upward through a lngitudinal open dug I. in the top of housing 4. The driving ill) roller6 is fast on a shaft 5. which has a hearing at one end in the upper partof a standard 9, located within the housing 4, and at its other end in astandard 10, lo-

rated in the housing nca r one side thereof. The shaft. 3 is providedbeyond the housing 4 with a worm 11, which is in mesh with a worin'gear12, mounted as later described. The shaft 8 has secured on its outer endbe- 1o yond the standard it). a gear 13. which is in mesh with a. spurgear 14. mounted on a stub shaft 15. the latter being supported byhaving its inner end threaded and screwed into a boss 16. provided onthe upper end of a standard 17. Figs. 2 and 5. Formed integral with. orsecured to, the spur gear 14. and located on the inner side thereof, isa relatively small beveled gear 18. which is in mesh with a largerbeveled gear 19. which is fastened on or formed integral with a sleeveill. Secured on the Tipper end of the sleeve 20 is a knob 21. having itsouter surface knurled as shown by Fig. 4, and pro indicator 5352.

The worm gear 12 is fastened on the lower end of the sleeve 23. and onthe upper end of said sleeve is secured a ratchet member 24;. -'Ihe wormgear 19. is supported on a 80 hearing 25. which is secured in an openingin the top 21" of casing The bearing 25 and the worm gear 1:2 arecentrally apertured, which apertures are in alinement and f the samediameter as the bore of the sleeve. and extending upwa'id throughnilltIl hearing. worm gear. and sleeve, is a. vertical shaft 2". whichhas secilred to its upper end. a knob 28. having its'buter surfaceknurled, as shown by Fig. 2; the knob 49 ER is prrnided with a hand orindicator 29, which is soon-what shorter than the indi into! :2. thelatter corresponding to the minute hand of a clock, and the indicatorE5) to the hour hand.

The numeral 30 indicates a pin which extends transversely through theupper end poition of the shaft 27, and projects outwardly from eitherside thereof, said projecting ends normally resting in spaces be- 50tween teeth of the ratchet member 24. The knob 28 is provided on itsunder side with a recess -31. which incloses the ratchet member 24 andpin 30, so that these parts are con ealed from View.

ii Secured on the lower end of the shaft "27 is a Hanged g ar 3:3. theflange of which is provided with equzdlyspacwl notches 33. which areadapted to engage equally spaced Hlllllr; :31, se ured to the inner faceof a disk 50 35. which is mounted to revolve on a. stub shaft. lit.which is in turr riveted in a bracket plate 37 secured at its upper endto the top 26 of the casing I. The notches :33 are of sulii n at depthto permit the shaft 27 to be raised a suilicicnt distance to lift pin 50out ecting outward from this knob is a. hand on of engagement with theratchet member 52-}, without efl'ecting disengagement of said notches,or any of them, with the studs 34.

The bracket plate 37 projects forwardly beyond the disk 35, as shown bythe dotted lines in Fig. 3, and t similar bracket plate is provided onthe opposite side of the ma. chine. and in the outer ends of thesebracket plates are secured studs 38, which project inwardly and affordbearings for the receased ends of a shaft 39. Collars -10 are secured onthe shaft 39, near opposite ends thereof. and on these collars aremounted disks 41, extending between and around which, and suitablysecured to said disks, is a shell. preferably of paper. The said diskand shell constituting a cylinder 42. Around the periphery of thiscylinder, and extending parallel with the axis thereof, are ar rangedcohuuns 43 of numbers Fig. 6; the 5 numbers indicating the cost of givenlengths of material at different prices per yard. and each column havingat its head numbers or fractionalxnumbers, as indicated by the numeral44, indicating the length of material to which the prices in thecorresponding column 43 apply. Innnediatcly above cylin der 42, the topof the casing 1 is provided with a longitudinal opening 45, extendingthroughout the length of said cylinder, the portion of the casingcontaining the slot 45 being shaped to hold in position a lens 46, whichis of the same length as the Slot 45. This construction permits theoperator to see the numbers on the shell 42, the lens of course.magnifying the size of the numbers to make them more readily visible.Secured on one of the disks 41, at a slight distance therefrom. is agear 47, the recesses between the teeth of which are adapted to engageover the studs 34 on the disk 35. so that the cylinder 42 will herevolved by and in unison with the disk 35. i

Extending along the one edge of the slot 45 is a strip 48. havingarranged thereon a 310 series of' numbers. indicating the price peryard. said prices running from two cents up to three dollars. asindicated in Fig. l. and said numbers being arranged to be directlyopposite the numbers in the various columns 4-3. so that as the cylinder42 is turned. in the operation of the device, to a given position.according to the length of material purchased or measured. the number atthe head of the column 43 will indicate the 129 length of materialmeasured; and by running the eye down the column 48 until the number isreached indicating the price per yard at which the material was sold,the number on the cylinder 42 directly opposite such price number willindicate. the cost of the length of the material measured.

The numeral 49 indicates a dial mounted on the top of housing 2, whichdial is provided with an outer circular series of mun- 133 hers 50, withwhich the hand 22 cooperates at an indicator, and an inner circularseries of numbers 51, with which the hand 29 cooperates as an indicatorThe numeral 52, Fig. 3, indicates it lever which it; pivotally nuumtedat 53 in bear lugs provided on H, standard 54, which in turn is mountedon the top 26 of the casing. lino end of the lever 5:! projects throughon opening provided in the side of housing .1, and. has mounted thereona. knob 56. The opposite end of the lever .32 provided with it hook M,with which engages one end of a coil. si'uing 18, the other end beingengaged ii; a hook. uii, mounted on the top 26 of the {u ing Projectinglaterally from lever 52 n th lilri -'Llcscrilived outer end,isanintegral 'l' m l Fig. l, in the outer end of which Juiuldv mounted oneend of 2t Sllftfll 61, on e hii'li :mrulml a pressure roller 62, the

other 21! oi said shuit being rotatably m uiitisi lever 5:2 as indutstcdin Fig. L5. The is likewise preferably of ruhhri. and fe igncd tocooperate with hip driving ro ler (3, to muintuin material plmedluituecn the rollers in frictional contact with the roller 6, so thatthe latter will be turned by drawing the material between the rollers.

The standard Sal; has cured thereon a laterally projecting member 63Fig. 4, the upper edge of which is sharpened to provide one member of acutter or shear. Pivot ally mounted at 6 on the side of said stand ard54, is the second member of said shear, indicated by the numeral 65, themember having its lower edge sharpened to coop crate with the upper edgeof the cutter 63. The cutters (33 and 65 project through an opening(ill, in the side of the housing 2. The lever in! has a. lateral,integral projection 67, which also extends through the opening (36 inthe side of the housing, and said projeclion UT carries a stud 68, whichworks in it slot on provided in the cutter or. The rear end of thecutter 65 is provided with a shoul' der T0. Pivotally mounted :it 71 onthe standard 54, is a dog 72, the upper end of which is normally pressedinto contact with the rear end of the cutter (if) by in spring 73secured on the top 26, as indicated at 74.

The numeral indicates one arm. of a. bell crank lever, which is pivotedat 76 in the well of thl housing 2: the other member 77 of said lever,PI'OJLCElIlg through an opening in the end wall of said housing, andefl'ording a thumb -piemy. The lower end of the member of the bell cranklever cnguges the lower end of dog 72, so that by pressing down on thethumb-piece 77. the upper end of said dog will be moved outot engagementwith the shoulder 70, thereby permitting the spring 5 i draw down theinner end of the lever 52, whi h motion, through the engagement of thestud (58 in the slot of the cutter 65, raises said cutter, such positionof the parts being shown in Fig. 4.

The cutters are arranged in line with the rollers 6 and 62, and are usedas a starting point for measuring the material; that is to say, in themeasuring operation, the end of the material is carried to the cuttersand then, after the required length of material. has been drawn betweenthe rollers, the edge portion of the material is placed between thecutters, and the cutter (i5 is operated to slit the edge of the cloth.

The operation of the device is as follows: It being desired to measure acertain length of goods, the operator inserts the end portion of thematerial between the rollers and places the end of the material oppositethe cutters. The thumb-piece 77 is tin-1'1 pressed down, which permitsthe sprin he to druw the roller 62 down upon the material and press itfirmly into contact with the roller l'. The material is then pulledbetween the rollers, and the movement of the goods will rotate theroller 6, which will in turn, through the worm 11 and the worm gear 12,operate the sleeve 23 and knob 28, with its hand 29; and through themedium of the gears 13, 14, 18 and 19, the sleeve 20, with its knob 21and hand 22. As the sleeve 23 revolves, the ratchet member 24, engagingthe pin 30, will cause the shaft 27 to revolve, thereby throu h themedium of the flanged gear 32, studd ed disk 35 and gear 47, causing thecylinder 42 to be revolved. The gearing operating the hand 22 isproportioned tocause said hand to rotate twelve times faster than thehand 29', which is op crated by the worm gear 12, and one eighth as fastas the surface. speed of the roller 6, which is 4%" or i; of a yard, incircumfer once. The outer series of numbers on the dia] 49 are arrangedto divide the dial into thirty-six equal parts, representing inches, andthe series of numbers 52 are arranged to divide the circular spaceenclosing them into twelve e ual parts,which indicate yards. Thus, whent e hand 22 has been caused, by the rotation of the roller 6, and thegear mechanism described, to rotate once around the dial, thus measuringthirty-six inches, the hand 29 will have moved, through the worm gearmechanism, to a position opprsite the digit 1 on the inner series ofnumbers. Assuming that the purchase]: de sires eleven and one-half(11%;) yards of material, the movement of the cloth between the rollersis continued until the hand 29 passes the numeral 11 of the inner seriesof numbers, and the hand 22 lies opposite the numeral 18 of the outerseries of. IllIIDll'lGI'S, when further movement of the materiel will bestopped, the edge of the goods inserted between cutters 63 and 65. whichwill then he in the position shown in Fig. -l-., and knob 56 presseddownward, causing the edge portion of the material to be cut at thecorrect point, and at the same time lifting the roller 62 out of contactwith the material, to permit the material to be removed from between therollers. The operator then cuts off the material with a pair ofscissors, or tears ed the. length, at the out, if the goods are of akind permitting this latter to be done. Assuming the price of thenaterial purchased was sixv ((3) cents a yard, the operator would thenlook for the cost price in the column 43, headed .by 11; ying oppositethe digit 6 in the column 48, which would at once show the cost of thematerial measured was sixtynine (69) cents. The cost of any amount ofmaterial, from one-fourth (:1) of a yard up to eleven and three-fourths(ll-i) yards, would be similarly ascertained.

It will at once be apparent that there is a close resemblance betweenthe dial 49 and the hands operating over, the same. and a clock dialwith its minute and hour hands. Thus the position of the hands 22 and29, indicating eleven and one-half (11%) yards, would be the same as theposition of the hands of a clock indicating half past eleven (11:30),and the position of the hands of the dial indicating eleven andone-fourth (111) yards, would correspond to the position of the hands ofa clock indicating a quarter past eleven (11:15) and so on with othernumbers. The operator need scarcely more than glance at the dial toreadily -asa certain when the desired amount of material has beenmeasured oil; When the machine isused for measuring remnants of anunknown length, the same operation is followed, except that the hand 22is first advanced three (3) inches and the whole length of material isdrawn between the rollers, and as the end of the material asses frombetween the rollers, the latter wil of course, cease to be rotated, andthe hands 22 and 29 sto movement. Their position will then in icate thetotal length of goods passed between the rollers, the smaller hand 29indicating, as above described, the number of yards measured, and thelarger hand 22, the number of inches of material in excess of the givennumber of yards measured. As the shears are three (3) inches from therollers, in measuring remnants the hand 22 is first advanced three (3)inches, as stated, to allow for this distance, as the length of goodsprojecting from the rollers to the shears does not pass over the drivingroller and therefore would not be registered it this allowance were notmade.

In either use of the device. that is to say, for measuring 011' adesired quantity of material, or for ascertaining the length of a givenpiece of material. the hand 29 can be referred to as indicating yards.and the hand 22 as indicating inches, and fractions of :1

ard, and in order to facilitate the use of'the iiand 22 for indicatingfractions ofi'yards, I preferably divide a. circle containing the oneinch division marks for the outer series. ofnumbers, into eight parts,by prominent 70 division marks, as shown in Fig. l, to indirate ,l, l,i}, if, i, and 1} yards.

, As hereto ore alluded to, my machine per mits ready alteration of thelength of goods measured in cases where the customer changes his or hermind, and orders a less amount of material. In such case, all theoperator has to do is to simply draw the material in the reversedirection from that in which it was moved in the initial measur ingoperation, until the hands indicate the a length specified by thecustomer.

It will be seen from the above, that my machine can measure any requiredlength of material, that no setting of the machine is 35 required inmeasuring, and that it will indicate the length of a piece of goodsdrawn entirely through the machine. This latter function is extremelyvaluable in measuring up remnants when taking stock.

After the machine has been used in the measuring operation, the hands 22and 29 must be returned to the zero position indicated in Fig. 1. Toaccomplish this, the operator grasps the knob 28 and lifts the same toraise the pin 30 out of engagement with the ratchet 34, and then bturning the knob the hand 29 mo. be readii y brought to the zeroposition. t the same time that this is done, the cylinder 42 willlikewise be turned to the zero position, as the de th of the notches 33permits the flan ed disk 32 .to be raised a sufiicient distance y theshaft 27 to enable the pin 30 to be moved out of contact with the teethof the ratchet, without me removing said notches out of engagement withthe studs 34. At the same time that the knob 28 is thus turned, the hand22 may be brought back to zero position by simply turning the knob 21,the connected gearing, in this case, permitting of such movement;whereas, in turning the hand "29, the ins 30 must be raised out ofengagement with the sleeve 23, as stated, for the reason that the wormgear 12 cannot be rotated by the sleeve, as the former is in mesh withthe Worm 11.

I claim:

1. A cloth measuring machine having a scale thereon comprising acircular series of numbers indicating yards and a separate circnlarseries of numbers indicating inches, a pair of indicators, one of whicheoiiperatcs with the numbers indicating yards and the other with thenumbers indicating inches, upright members supporting therespectiveindicators and one of which members is inclosed within theother, a cost-computing drum,

a price scale cooperating therewith, mechanism operatively connectingsaid c0st-computing drum with one of said members whereby thecost-comput inn drum will move in synchronism with the indicatorsupported by said member, a driving roll. mechanism adapted to beoperated b dra\vi|i; material over said roll to rotate said members andthereby move said indicators at dill'cr'ol; rates of speed. but inilelincd relation to die length of material drawn through the mar chine,and to simultaneously rotate the costcomputing drum \vhcrcbv..oncessation of movement of the material the said indica tors will bebrought to rest and their i tion will designate the length ol' materialdrawn through the machine in vards and fractional parts of a yard,respectively, and the appropriate ligurc on the cost-coinputing1 drumopposite the figure on the price scale indicating the price per vard ofthe matcrial uill .shovi' the cost of the length of ma tcrial measured,and means for disconnia-ting at; will the member ci'inncctcd with saidcost-computing drum with its indicator from said mechanism withoutbreaking the connection with the cost-computing drum, whereby to permitsuch indicator and the cost-computing drum to simultaneously return tothe zero position.

2. A cloth measuring machine having a scale thereon comprising a seriesof numbers indicating yards, and a separate series of numbers indicatinginches, a pair of indicators cooperating with the respective scl'ics ofnumbers, means adapted to be operated b v drawing the material to bemeasured through the machine to move said indicators at. different ratesof speed and in defined relation to the movement of th. lllilltr rialthrough the machine, said means cone prising a rotatable sleeve, acircular ratchet member mounted on the end thereof. a movable supportcarrying one of said indicators and a pin adapted to engage said ratchetmember, the construction permitting said pin to be moved free of theratchet member to enable the indicator carried by said support to beturned to the zero position.

3. A cloth measuring and cost-coniputin; machine having a scale thereoncomprising a series of numbers indicating yards, and a separate seriesof numbe indicating inches, a pair of indicators coi'iperating,respectively, with the two series of numbers,

means adapted to be operated by drawing the material to be measuredthrough the machine. to move said indicators at different rates ofspeed, and in defined relation to the movement of material draun throughthe machine, \vhereb when the movement iii the material ceases theposition of said indicators will indicate the length of mait rial drawnthrough the machine in yards and inches. respectively, a cost-compntindrum. an actuating member connected thcreith, a driving member co-actingith said actuatinc member, and bodily movable for a "i\cn distance\vithout brealv'ing its connection with said actuating member. saidmeans comprlsing a rotatable sleeve having a cir ular ratchet membermounted on one end thereof. and a shaft secured at one. end t aiddriving member and. carrying at its pposite end one of said indicatorsand a pin adapted to rest between the teeth oi said ratchet member. theconstruction permitting said shaft to he raised to lift the pin out ofeim'ae -nicnt with said ratchet. and to be rotated independently of saidratchet, to return said indi'ator and the cost-computing drum to theZul'u position.

i. in amachine of the class described in combination with a driving rollover which the material to be, measured is adapted to be drawn, apivoted lever, a pressure roll carried thcrelrv, a spring connected tosaid lever and adapted normally to draw said pressure roll against thedriving roll, a liXcd cutter mounted on the machine, a. pivotallvmounted cutter coi") a-ratin{ therewith and ha ving a slot. a stud onsaid lever vvorhim. in said slot, :1 pivoted dog adapted to engage saidmovable cutter to hold the same in a closed position and the pressureroll in an elevated position, when said parts have been thus moved bysaid lever, and means for throwing said dog out of contact with saidcutter to peru it the spring to simultaneousl} depress the pressure rolland raise said mo\able cutter.

In tcstimon v whereof. I have hereunto set nvv hand in presence oli twosubscribing witnesses.

\VALTICR I IIUSUH.

\Vitlicsscs:

(i. A. PENNINUTON, STELLA HILL.

